Overall evidence to date on whether eating dairy products affects the risk of cancer has been inconsistent. Studies on western populations indicate that dairy products may be associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer and a higher risk of prostate cancer, but have found no clear link for breast or other types of cancer. These results, however, may not be the same for non-western populations, where amounts and types of dairy consumption and...
Whether you need a new villain or an old Spider-Man, your sci-fi movie will sound more scientifically respectable if you use the word "multiverse." The Marvel multiverse puts different versions of our universe "out there," somewhere. In these films, with the right blend of technology, magic, and imagination, travel between these universes is possible, writes Luke Barnes in The Conversation.
For example (spoilers!), in "Spider-Man: No Way Home," we discover there are other universes and...
The U.S. provided intelligence that helped Ukraine sink the Moskva, Russia's flagship Black Sea missile cruiser, several media outlets report.
Unnamed officials said Ukraine had asked the U.S. about a ship sailing to the south of Odesa. The U.S. said it was the Moskva and helped confirm its location. Ukraine then struck it with two missiles, the BBC reports.
The Pentagon has not commented. But a spokesman said the U.S. gave intelligence to help Ukraine defend itself.
The...
Large tech companies such as Google and Meta will have to abide by new competition rules or risk facing huge fines, the U.K. government said.
The new Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will be given powers to clamp down on "predatory practices" of some firms, the BBC reports. The regulator will also have the power to fine companies up to 10% of their global turnover if they fail to comply.
Besides boosting competition among tech firms, the rules also...
Argentine paleontologists have announced the discovery of an apex-predator dinosaur that measured three storeys from nose to tail and eviscerated its prey with sharp, curved claws, Phys.org reports.
The six-ton giant, the largest megaraptor unearthed to date, fed on smaller dinosaurs that it ripped to shreds with its talons before digging into their intestines, paleontologist Mauro Aranciaga told AFP.
It would have been the "apex predator" of its time, said Aranciaga – well deserving of its...
A Texas law forbidding social media giants from regulating certain forms of online speech has been blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The legislation would have prevented larger tech companies from banning or censoring Texas users for their views.
Republicans in the state said it was necessary to combat what they claimed was social media's liberal bias.
But tech groups argued that the law was a violation of the private companies' freedom of speech rights.
In a rare...
"Go pee on the rhubarb!"
Engineer Fabien Esculier has never forgotten his grandmother's unconventional approach to gardening. In fact, it has inspired his career.
Human urine may seem like a crude way of fertilizing plants in the era of industrial agriculture, but as researchers look for ways to reduce reliance on chemicals and cut environmental pollution, some are growing increasingly interested in the potential of pee, Tech Xplore reports.
Plants need nutrients – nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium –...
Ministers of European Union countries are discussing how to lessen their dependence on energy supplies from Russia as a result of its invasion of Ukraine.
Germany has acknowledged EU nations are still divided on a possible Russian energy embargo, the BBC reports. The energy minister says his country could handle an oil ban by the end of the year, but not a ban on gas.
Hungary has reiterated that it opposes a ban on either fuel.
Germany...
On April 27 on the straight of the Space Shuttle airstrip at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, the car created by the Politecnico di Milano-PoliMOVE broke the world speed record for a fully autonomous car on a straight (the previous record held by Roborace was 282.42 kph). The Politecnico Team had already achieved the record on April 26 but decided to raise the bar and improve its performance, Tech Xplore reports.
The speed of 309.3 kph...
By Scarlett Howard, Adrian Dyer, Andrew Greentree and Jair Garcia, The Conversation
"Two, four, six, eight; bog in, don't wait."
As children, we learn numbers can either be even or odd. And there are many ways to categorize numbers as even or odd.
We may memorize the rule that numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 are odd while numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 are even. Or we may divide a number...
